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Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware - User Guide UP!

In V2.2, I have incorporated a few changes. Some will be happy about it, some might not. Anyways, list of changes:

- PWM frequency 2 x of V2.1 (Might or might not help much with those people complaining)
- Strobe settings reduced to 9 from the 12 in V2.1 but it is able to go from 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 hertz
- Brightness settings reduced to 10 so each brightness level will be noticable compared to the old levels 15-20. The new ones correspond to the old ones by {1,2,3,5,7,9,11,14,17,20}
- Slowed down brightness adjustment mode
- Changed the way strobe is set (strobe, off, strobe, off...)
- Defaulted to 1s or 1000ms instead of the 800ms and 1200 ms option. (I can still take custom timeout requests for programming)
- Added a beacon mode and replaced all SOS with beacon in modes 2-4 but left SOS in mode 5. (Beacon is blink, pause 5 seconds, blink, pause 5 seconds...)
- Beacon mode linked to brightness level 2 so you can set the brightness of the beacon as well
- Finally, the SOS complies to the international standard. It is much slower but that's how it is. 1/3s on, 1/3 second off, 2 seconds between letters, 1 second for long, 3 second between s-o-s...

Re: Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware

Yes, reporgrammable but I'd like to refrain from getting all these lights to reprogram because

1. This is not my permant address and i'll be leaving in 1 month
2. Mail gets lost and I can not be responsible for all these lights coming to me. I say this but I usually feel sorry for lost items and make up somehow. I don't want a bunch of lost lights.

Re: Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware

Re: Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware

The faster PWM pulsing makes a huge difference, IMO. Flicker is barely noticable in real-world use on low (level 5), and totally unnoticable unless you do the shakey thing in front of you on high (level 15). With the old, slower pulsing, the flicker would kinda bug me on low if I used it for walking around in the dark.

Re: Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware - User Guide UP!

goldserve! This upgrade includes everything on my wish list except closer low level spacing, as in {1,1.5,2,2.5,3,4...}. Maybe when more memory becomes available. I like the beacon idea, but that SOS could still be reached on mode 5. Now I am going to be forced to buy one of the next run of FF3's to get the new FluPIC .

Re: Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware - User Guide UP!

Originally Posted by Hondo

goldserve! This upgrade includes everything on my wish list except closer low level spacing, as in {1,1.5,2,2.5,3,4...}. Maybe when more memory becomes available. I like the beacon idea, but that SOS could still be reached on mode 5. Now I am going to be forced to buy one of the next run of FF3's to get the new FluPIC .

FWIW use of a primary CR123 cell in this light gives the option to go dimmer. MUCH dimmer. I'm warming up to the idea myself!

With those cells I like a "dim" level (e.g. level 2), and a general "working level" (level 8). Then you always have the max (level 20) that's certainly not 70 lumens but a very decent amount of light at maybe 25 lumens, and without runtime worry (which keeps me from running burst on the rechargables much anyway!).

I have no data whatsoever but bet that in addition to getting excellent runtimes on max (the light does not get warm at all), you'd get killer runtimes on low or mid. Possibly a more practical/useful setup by trading in short bursts of max output capability.

Re: Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware - User Guide UP!

You could get doug to offer som UWOJ, Flupic V2.2 trade-up program or something like that =D

1, 1.5, 2.5 is not possible due to technical limitations. But you may find the low levels are slightly lower than the V2.1.

No complaints here, and a little lower low end sounds good too. Upgrading is indeed a practical idea, but may conflict with the core CPF value I have followed so well - buy both!

lightrod, spot on! I was very impressed with the utility of a primary while waiting for my first battery to charge, and indeed this creates the additional low levels from my "wish list". I really only use burst to show off how bright my tiny light is to friends, so this is a practical solution for daily use. I would definitely go with a primary, for the killer run time, if taking my FF3 on a backpacking trip, where a spare is actually a burden. I am sure this alternative would work equally well on all FluPIC lights.

Re: Introducing FluPIC V2.2 firmware - User Guide UP!

Originally Posted by Hondo

.....I would definitely go with a primary, for the killer run time, if taking my FF3 on a backpacking trip, where a spare is actually a burden.....

Funny you'd mention that - the FF3 has become my light of choice in the woods / on the trail. And so far - by a long shot! Flood/throw combo and transition is great/natural looking, with a great/natural looking tint to me as well.

(BTW I'm a single cell guy...... hmmm...... I mean..... I'm actually a lot bigger than a cell, in fact I've got lots of cells, millions of them..... I'm digging a hole here so I'll stop....)